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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-10-15

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-10-15
ANNOUNCEMENT.

FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
We are authorized to announce JNO.
@. RYAN, ESQ, as a candidate for District
Attorney of the 18th Judicial District,
subject to the nomination Of the Demo-
cratic party.
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-10-15

corrected every Thursday By the New Orleans
market quotations. Country merchants have to
pay from to per cent advance on the ruling
prices In the New Orleans Exchanged
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
RHEUMATISM BUGS.
An Alleged Japanese Discovery Whicl, As.
tOnishes the Medical World,

IA" 1iieEeu Japanese DiscOver Which As.
tonishes the Medical World.
There is a little stir Ill medical cir
cles here that may make NagasakI
known to all the world in this conncc.
ton. and Pasteur and the h~ypnotizing
Partisan will find themselves deposeJ
as lions in medical society for a young
peasant woman from n village near
here who has a new theory and cure
for rheumatism. Rheumatism, accord
ing to her, is a growth of small para
sites under the skin, a small insect
that gnaws, and bites, and causes the
untold misery and all the twinges of
that ailment. She has had for one of
her patients here q grizzlcd and scep-
teal sea captain. The mariner was
completely laid up with his ailine
knees and the japanese, woman was
sent for. She claimed to see the move.
ment of the parasites under the skin.
ordered foot baths Of bran and hot rice
brandy, and came another day with Il
little steel hook and nipped small
white insects out by the dozen. By
the stories it must be a large white
flea, for II of them when brought out
to the surface made a spring and was
lost to sight. One of the bystanders
felt a sting and the next day had a sore
place on his arm, and cutting into it it
was found that the rheumatism bug
was there, burrowing like a tick.
The regular practitioners arc still
sceptical about the new theory Of
rheumatism. They put one of the in.
sects under a microscope and decided
that by its organism it never could
nave lived under the surface of the
skin away from the air, and that she
must have carried it under her f~ineerA
nail and produced 1t at the proper
moment. To this the sea captain enters
u vigorous denial. He says that she
mas taken tho insects from his knees
n ankles by tho hundreds nov and
mat all have been killed in his sight.
ana that he is growing better and can
feel the relief after each tieutment-
Cor. 81. Louis Globe Democrat
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
THANKSGIVING HYMN,

We thank Thee, 0 Father, for all that il
bright
The glean Of the day and the stars O; .he
night;
The flowers of our youth and the fruits OF oar
PRIME
AND blessings that march down the pathway
Of time.
We thank Thee, o Father, for all that i
dre3r-
The sob of The tempest, the tloT u tac teas;
For never in blindness, and .sarer IN wain,
Thy mercy permitted a sorrow or pain.
We thank Thee, 0 Father. .r song aud for
feast
The ls,sess tha. e.t3et, Sid the wealth that
increased:
For never q blessing cncolnpassed earth's
chih
Eut Thou in Thy mercy locked downward and
smiled.
We THANH, Thee, @ Father of all, for the power
or aiding each other in lifc's darkest hour;
The generous heart, and the bountiful hand.
And all the s~oul-help that sad souls under
stand.
We thank Thee, Q Father, for days yet to be-
For hopes that our future win call us to Thee:
That all our eternity form, through Thy love,
oae Thanksgiving Day in the mansions above.
-NN Cqrietca, in IGr'h's G9MpHJjOR,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
PARIS POSTAL SERVICE.
II rheumatic Tube System Existing In the
Modern Babylon.

The new form Of pneumatic message
service in Paris is fulfilling ideal con.
ditions Of postal facilities. The dainty
petit blue has become a universal favor.
ito, and when dropped into the box is
delivered to any part Of tho city and
answer returned if desired within an
hour. The cost for an open card is
only six cents; for u closed one ten
cents, and with reply prepaid for twelve
cents. The space is from fifteen to
thirty square inches, according to
whether the card is open or closed,
and the limit Of room is the only limit
to the number of words that may be
written on it. There are ninety.two
sub-postoflices connected with the
pneumatic network of Paris, whose
tubes follow the courses of the streets,
the principal routes being provided
with double sets Of tubes. A pneu
matte train runs every three minutes
between the bourse and the central
office, and this service is in operation
from eight q. m. to eight p. M, includ-
ing Sundays and holidays. This is the
perfection OF postal service, and the day
is probably not distant when it will be
adopted in America. The American
postal service has one signal feature in
its provision for careless people who
nisdirect their letters or who mail
them without stamps, trusting to the
care OF the postmaster to see that all
deficiencies are made good. When a
letter is mailed without stamping the
the postmaster sends a card to the
person addressed, who, If he chose to
take the trouble, can send .on the
requisite stamps and receive his letter;
otherwise it goes to the dead letter
Office. The misdirccted letters are
sent cxperimentally, and "try" this,
that or the other place, marked all over
them prove how in~defatigable is the
postal service in cndeavoring to make
up deficiencies. 1t seems to be one OF
the natural laws Of the universe that
careful and accurate people are very
largely burdened with paying the price
Of the carelcssness and thoughtlessncss
Of the inaccurate. Perhaps that is
where the law Of compensation obtains.
-Bosson Traveller.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
AN OBEDtENT SERVANT.
a Green Girl Who Believed in a Liberal
Execution Of Orders.

a Green Girl Who Believed in a Liberal
Execution Of Orders.
Some of the mistakes made by green
hired girls are very laughable. was
talking with a lady'a few days ago,
and she related her experience with a
girl who came to her "well recon.
mended." 1t seems that N,e lady's
husband, who is u physician. was
obliged to arise rather early. and she
instructed the girl to ring the bell
promptly at six thirty, and have break.
fast at seven. The girl, who was q
foreigner, signified in her W peeu.
liar style that she understood perfectly,
and nothing more was said. The next
morning at half past six o'clock sharp
there was a terrific ringing Of the front
door bell, and the doctor thinking
that some n was dying, FASTENED
down to ascertain the cause Of the
hubbub. Imagine his feelings when,
upon opening the door he found the
new girl, with the bell knob in her
hand having pulled it out with about
six feet Ut wire attached to it.
A few days later, the lady noticed
that her front walk was covered with
dirt and leaves, and as she was going
down town. she told the girl ~tbatduring
her absence she might busy herself by
sweeping the walk. In about two
hours she returned, and finding the
walk very neat and tidy, entered the
house with the intention Of compli-
menting the girl. But search where
there was no girl to be found. Finally,
started out to hunt her up. and
found her putting the finishing touches
On the walk next door. She had swept
around the entire square and never
until she struck home base
Sun.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
Getting Exercise.

A gentleman who made the passage
from England to this country in tho
days before steamships were run drew
out a perfectly characteristic obsersa'
ton from an Irish fellow-passengef.
AS the voyage was long and tircsoiie'
he used to walk the deck with an APP
pearance of restlessness, while the
lrishman would stretch himself on a
bench, and lie all day with his eyes
fixed on the masts as II IL werc q book.
"'Pon my conscience, Mr.. B.
no exclaimed one day, Il wonder you
don't wear out your legs!"
why" was the reply, ''whcn a man
has but a space Of twenty feet BY four
to turn In. he can scarcely take too
much exercise" -.
"But where's the need d exercise
'sThc needp"
Eyes. Doesn't the captain say tne
ship is carrying us two hundred miles
Z dayP Surely that's exercise enough
- EoutA's Companion.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
CuRiosJrIEs IN CLOCKS.
Time-Pieces Made Up in various Odd and
Handsome Designs.

Time-Pieces Made Up in Various Odd ant
Handsome Designs.
"Thc latest thingi in clocks is the imi
tation of machinery Of different kinds
said Il salesman in u John street i'm,
porting house. ave have just received
some very odd designs in this line from
Paris. Here is a clock that would
make a fine present for a railroad
man." and he exhibited q beautiful
white bronze model of Il steam boiler.
1t had a steam-gauge, safety valve and
speed regulator, and u thermometer
took the place of the water gauge. On
the furnace door was the dial of the
clock and above it was a barometer.
The whole apparatus was about ten
inches high and was mounted on a
plush platform. The clock was run
ming and pendant balls of the speed
regulator were whirling around merri-
ly and doing the work of the pcndu-
Ium.I
Nov here is something that would
please anybody said the clerk, and he
showed a handsome windmill in bronze
and gold, with a clock face let into tho
side of the tower. The arms of the
windmill we're moving in such q natur-
al way that n could easily imagine
that he felt the breeze hat propelled
them. Another design was a
well, built of tiles held in place by
a gilt frame, and an openwork we'll
house overhead, in which a
bucket was hanging suspended by a
chain. The bucket served as a pendu-
lum and swung in q circle most mys-
%teriously; for it did not seem to have
any connection with the works of the
clock, which were concealed in tile
well.
Here is something unique" said
the clerk, drawing the reporters at
tention to al elaborate affair. This is
a perfect miniature of Il boiler set in a
brick foundation. There are all of the
valves. gauges. steam-pipes and con-
nections complete. The end of the
boiler erves as the dial of the clock,
and here at one side is q steam hammer
moving up and down with great regu-
larity and striking II bar of brass that
is held by Il workman. That is de-
signed as a present for a manufac-
turer. 1t costs sixty-five dollars. Here
is a freak OF the designer that is very
neat. 1t represents al old-fashioned
vertical saw at work. A workman
stands at the bench pushing II board
against the saw. On the front of the
bench Is the dial of the clock. The
great beauty Of these designs is the
perfection to which the smallest details
are carried. We can not turn out such
in this country; it would be too
expensive, as it is all handwork, and at
fhe wages we pay our artisans these
would cost q small fortunc."-
Y. Y. Express.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
-
THE cohEsTooA an,o,.
Peculiar Customs OI,.,

Peculiar Customs OLtsin,n.
The history Of the Am;s,
.s valley is interesting. Il nj
arc an offshoot from the Mag, ~
founded in Alsace by Jacob b. Amrsanlt
sne year 1863. Their special A 'an
aration from the excommnni.a4'e, s.
washing of feet. They CANA ;nte 4
valley from the little settlcmo ,s'% !,
nlue Mountains found it a wiIde.na
lived in rudely-constructed Il" 1 ha"'
at first, but by persisten, VI 10us
made it bloom like a paradise. ,1 ="
INST preacher and the calling has has Y
since fallen out Of tie fy,sln nAS !, :
three distinguishing marks Of iho;, u
licf are: Ignoring Of infant h,nt;,'
the wrong Of taking an oath and a
si'l OF bearing arms.
The Amish are peace-loyjno noo.,
they never 60 to law, unles r'"plN
palled by those outside Of thai. f soa9
They settle all wrongs a,,pug t l'',,'
selves by appearing before the b;sha~
IN the presence of witnesses 1%l
'eave no man of their faitA 10 n
a-beggins. They will help him evp51
time if he makes a disposition to b.1.|
himself. 1t is said Of an Amish: az N
Is good he is very good; if bad, verY
bad" They are out on the OMEN tie,i'
and arc yet fair of skin. Their shnn'
dance Of hair and broad.rimmed hat,
shelter their faces, and they have coS
rect habits. Nor arc there anv b,la.
heads among them, Or many that oea,
glasses, a fact entirely accounted for h,
the strength-preserving elements IN m,
cnt hair. They are long-liyed, and i
may be said of them, as of the Yosp.
mite people Of whom the impression
was that "they are never sick and never
few are sick, all die, but if i,
about the last thing they do. They are
close-mouthed. and keep their secrets
and their troubles entirely 10 them.
They have no particular faith in
education, and it is only within the las,
years that q school house was built in
valley. An Amish director recently
resisted the six-months session, adyo.
tho four-months term as sniff.
'lent. The daughters graduate at twelve
years of age, and it is said of an Amish
ad that his schooling is complete
when he can read, write and cipher
o the rule of three. He is sent out
Vest to buy a stallion and he has Grad.
lated. "-Maadclphia Times.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
OFFICES,
Institutions That Afford Infinite Comfort
to Countless Hundreds,

An institution which has been estab.
lishod in one or two Of our large cities
could be established in all our smaller
ones to the advantage of many citi-
zens' wives. This is a shop. or office
for public mending. Any woman can
open one, with u few competent as.
s%is,ants, and there the tired-out house.
mother can send to be mended those
articles the repair of which
looks to her difficult as mountain
climbing, paying a mere trihc-fve
cents for darning socks perhaps, ten
for Il neat patch, while tapes and but
tons and button -holes may be renew.
ed, rents may bc closed. and all
damage done away with. almost while
the customer waits. 10. the woman
who has better work to do than patch.
ing and darning, and yet Of whom the
common cares Of feminine obligation
call for their fulflment to the letter,
such n place Of public mcnding would
be a boon, allowing her ms it would to
meet all her" duties. and yet use her
own time more profitably. And 10 the
forlon bachelor. who. away from the
attention Of other female kind than
his lAundress. has no one to look afte,
rips and tears and spots and the
rest Of the small ills and ails Of his
wardrobe, and In consequence wears
out his clothes with twice the rapidly
OF the married man or the son and
brother ut home, II can q be made
equally useful. And V to those
who have no personal usc for such ii,
Office the fact Of its existence is Of
value as showing the rapid way IN
which work Is being systematised and
put In proper channels throughout
civilization. -Harpsr's Weekly
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26

Driven TO hay. as it weit. the Squire
admitted the justice of the remark,
and, turning to Freddie, whose checks
were crimson as the roses in the win
dow, he asked grufly. What do you
say. Freddie"
We will not attempt to give Fred
dies answer. an answer Of dimplcs,
smiles, bushes, and incoherent, not to
say irrelevant, remarks. but we are
bound. rs varacious chroniclers, to
record the fact that in the long and
happy years she spent as Max's wife,
neither she nor Squire Blythe evcrhad
cause to regret the events of this
special Thanksgiving Day.-Ju!ia
MUS Dunn. in (,raUhic Mems.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
Found Fault With His zea,.

what 10 you wantp.' asked atheat.
real manager in II Western town Of 4
him. '' y"
W want that tragcdian," was the
reply Of the spokesman.
"but, gentlemen, remember that Ia
has been doing his best" -
THAT'S It, mister; we want to koen
m,. IRON trying 50 hard in the future. :
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
a NOVEL ENGINE.
One TO Exhaust Into the Boiler Instead oil
the Condenser.

A well-known yachtsman in this cit.
has just signed n contract by which ht
agrees to furnish the money for build
ing a very novel sort of asteam engine
The inventor proposes to do no less
than to construct IN engine which will
exhaust back into the boiler instead Of
into a condenser or into the open air.
lie proposes, in other words, that when
the piston has pushed the piston
through the full length of its stroke
the piston shall then push the steam
back into the boiler again. This sounds
like the absurd proposition to build a
experimentation machine. but as the
machine is explained by the inventor
and the yachtsman it seems to be easily
possible and perhaps practical. Be-
cause the practicability Of the scheme
has yet to be tested the yachtsman de-
clines to allow his name to be used.
The new machine consists of four
single acting cylinders, placed two on
each side of the shaft to be turned by
them. The two cylinders on each side,
according to the present drawings, will
be placed horizontally and one above
the other, like the barrels Of a double
barrellcd shotgun when the gun is lying
on its side. The pistons in these
cylinders are connected with the shaft
in such u way that the piston in the
upper cylinder on one side works in
conjunction with the piston in the
lower cylinder on the opposite
side. Steam being admitted to either
pair of cylinders, which thus act
together, the pistons are forced out
to the end Of their stroke as in any
single-aeting engine, and the shaft re-
wolves half q turn. At the instant
these pistons reach the end of the
stroke they are, by means of cogs, two
cams and u link motion, uncoupled
from the shaft and connected with each
other substantially. They then become,
to all intents and purposes. one piston,
with the steam from the boiler press.
ing equally on each side, and therefore
balanced. The moment this happens
pistons of the other two cylinders
are coupled to the shaft, and the steam
sends them flying to the end of their
thus keeping the shaft a-whirl-
ing, and at the same time showing the
other two pistons, now equally bal
lnced, to the heads of their cylinders.
The secone pair of pistons having COM
their stroke. they are ~uncoupled,
md in turn treated as the first rair
we're.
The theory, the yachtsman says, il
III right. But the intervention of CO.'S.
ink motion. and two cams may MAKE
he machine somewhat cumbersome,
md, perhaps, aforementioned. That it
viii be noisy is beyond dispute, but it
5 worth trying, the yachtsman thinks.
o the extent Of the $40, 900 which the
rial machine is likely to cost, because
t the steam can be exhausted back into
he boiler the loss from friction; radia-
ion, etc, will be 50 small that from
to eighty per cent. Of the fuel
.ow used to drive a steam engine will
C savcd.-N Y. San.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26

Didn't Believe in It--.Do van
Oolleye IN corporal punishmentpS
s..',.a on Arkansas school board q an
applicant for . position a. teacbs, Y v
a ..Tu school. DO Ib'leeve ii whats },
I corporal punishment. ma |
was The reply. "Idon,t NJ, /.
i y 1879 '1esc fancy new kind !, ps..
Y ,snm s IN, Gimme 4 keen willsr rsS'
oss scod llnbsr hick'ry Cub. " n, ~.
3 aeotc 9rass With yyur corn.r.a SLss i
n II y x 1ssnse ~.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
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CAVERN INHABITANTS,
The Glass nf Animals VIII oh Thrive IN
the Large Caves.


The living inhabitants of cayerns,
those which make these regions o
continuous darkness their abiding
places, are numerous and of the great.
est interest to the naturalist. OF the
Several hundred species known to stu
dents, by far the greater part belong
to the group of a~rticalated animals.
insect and c%rustaceans. these being the
forms which. of all animals. are the
most varied in structure and best suit
ed for the odd chances of life which
the caverns afford. As the reader
well knows, the great problem now
before science is 10 determine how far
the shapes Of living creatures are
determined by the circumstances Of
the world about them, and how far
this determination has been brought
about through q process of selection,
in u natural way of those varieties
which have ON accidental special fit
ness for the conditions in which they
live. Cavern animals afford us Il cap
ital bit of evidence toward the solu-
ton Of this problem. The prevailing
close affinity Of their forms with those
which live in the upper world of sun
shine and changing seasons shows. be.
yond a question, that they are all de.
rived from similar forms which once
dwelt in the ordinary conditions Of
animal life. What, then. arc the eff.
fects arising from this complete
change in the circumstances of these
underground creatures?
The facts are perplexing in their va.
riety and by no means well worked
out, but the following points seem to
be well established, VIZ, There is q
manifest tendency of all gayly.colored
to lose their hues in the cayerns,
and to become of an even color. Thi;
may be explained by the simple alb.
Of sunshine, and on it no conclu-
sions can be based. The changes Of
lhe structural parts are of moro im-
portancc; these, as might be expected,
'elate mainly to the organs of sense.
The eyes show an evident tendency in
I'll the groups to fade away. In the
characteristic cavern.lishes they have
entirely disappeared. the whole %s,ruct.
IRE which serves for vision being
longer produced. In the
'ray-!lshes We may observe
graduation. Some species which
hound in caverns are provided
With eyes; others have them present,
nut so imperfect that they can not
as visual organs; yet others
want them altogether. Onc species Of
'scudo-scorpion, as shown by Prof.
has in the outer world four
yes. while in the caves it has been
ound with two eyes, and others in an
ntirely eyeless condition. Some cav
IN beetles have the males with eyes,
lille the females arc quite without {
hem. As II whole the cavern forms F.;
xhibit n singular tendency of the
Usual organs, not only to lose their
motions. but also to disappear as {
ody parts. At the same time there {
an equal. or V G more general dc. t
clopmcnt of the antannD and other ,
rSans of touch; these parts become
onsiderably heightened, and appar- t
My of greater scnsitivcncss. change ,
'hich is of manifest advantage to the S
lie individual. N. Shaler, in Serb
cr's Magazine. t
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26

MIR. Crimsonbeak-"You have
truly an electric touch" Miss Fussan'
feather at the plano)-''p. Dir, you
latter me- s.But II ID true" "Wha!'
makes You think SOP "Nhy, ! reaa
tho Other day that electricity wcsla
always put ! piano out Of time. cne
fingered tho keyboard M marc tha''
svening.-NoMksrs 6tasssmsass.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26

Pat stole a watch, Nike acow, and
both wore arrested. What Tina n
,ltf' says Nike. Faitkw answered.
60 '3ess milkspg-nm1 ~-Asdaso
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26

On tho Hotel Pfazza-"What do
you think Of Mrs. Jonesp" II don't
know - "Oh, ! guess she's a nice
person enough; but then she's 90
egotistical. Eyes" Eyes, I was
asking her something or other about
the Brookses, and she said that she
never troubled herself about anybody's
business but her own. Don't you call
tnat egot!sacall' Really, you
shouldn't b y severe. II may b. only
narrOw.mindednesa
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-02-26

Dyspepsia cured by the use OF I'D D
D"-for sale ct Ospron's drug store.